Doing some final tweaks for the "Lines & Shapes" remastered and expanded edition. It will be a two parter released simultaneously... and yes, it will be a total of 40 tracks. Besides the original 14 album tracks, it will come with alternate NR mixes, the bonus non-album tracks that were spread across the "Oh No!," "Disco Bustin'," & "Rock The Beat" EPs, along with even more demos recorded during this period. Dug deep through the vault for this one to make it truly special and a nice representation of this era from 2006-2010. There's even more music that I will release in the near future.

wow, discovered some people posted older material from me on YouTube!
dat's some back in 2003 shit right derr...

(some guy from Poland uploaded this and added a half naked slutty chick all wet and making out with the floor?...
i contacted him just to see where he got the tracks from since it was never really released anywhere. he said that he had the track for years and loved it so much that he uploaded it on YT... but he doesn't even know how he got it. he proceeded to flip out that he was actually contacted by Neorev and how he was going to tell all of his friends about it. found his excitement and the whole situation funny because he was going to brag to his friend about our encounter yet i'm not even that major anywhere lol)_________________Download the latest releasesLike us and stay up to dateStream new music

LINES & SHAPES: EXPANDED EDITION has arrived...
The remastered and extended edition of NEOREV's 2009 debut release is back with a whopping 40 tracks (42 if you download each part in full) spread across two chapters. You get the original 14 track album along with tons of non-album tracks, previously unreleased demos, alternate mixes, and live reworkings of some of your favorite NR tracks...

"Long Island’s Neorev, aka Michael Matteo, embodies the epitome of what electronic dance music should be, i.e., music first and foremost, not just endless, insidious thumping. The fact is, the tracks on Lines & Shapes are actual songs with structure and changes, not just squibbles and squeaks over a 4/4 bass drum.

Lines & Shapes opens with “Oh No!”, an aggressive, almost industrial track recalling Lords of Acid or perhaps even My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult. Things change on “Force,” an Arabesque drum & bass trope. From here the tracks continue to demand attention while never stooping to the typical boring phrases and clichés expectant of electronic dance music. Several tracks, “The Stars Above Us,” “No Turning Back” and “Another Cloudy Day” even take on a particularly Krautrockian tone, eschewing the beat in favor of form and feeling, like Kluster or something.

In a style as bland as modern dance music, it’s quite refreshing to hear a collection of songs with some thought behind them. EDM doesn’t need to be boring, it just tends to be that way. We need more Neorevs to teach us otherwise."
-Chuck Foster (Big Takeover Magazine)

The first question that comes to mind when listening to a new Neorev release is, “How in the hell does Michael Matteo keep getting better?” With his “Wildfire” EP, he not only brings us some stellar originals, but also provides enough worthy remixes and collaborations to present an album’s worth of his best material to date.

The opening title track is a perfectly wicked dubstep tune inspired by the explosives on Game of Thrones. “Don’t Let ‘Em Get You Down,” an infectious bit of neo-disco follows, incorporating elements of Kraftwerk and dance industrial to the regiment. On “No Control,” Matteo truly steps outside the framework of electronic dance music to make a masterful electro-punk hybrid that is possibly his best track to date. “Throttle” recalls Superstar DJ Keoki, while “Better” comes across as the relaxing intro or middle to a jungle track without the drum and bass madness, which, by the way, is in full effect on the phenomenal remix of “Hard Style” by Noise Generator. “Prune Juice,” “Knot Rot” and “Ruff, Rugged, ‘N Raw,” collaborations with various rappers, represent hip-hop, and the closing “Live at the [i]electro-music Festival” presents a powerful near-35-minute live set that proves that Matteo can be as exciting outside of the studio as he is in it.

It’s rare to find an artist that evolves so beautifully as Neorev has over the past few years. At this point, he should be producing top-ten hits for A-list pop-stars, but the music industry, as usual, is looking backward, not forward. Neorev is the future, and I like where it’s headed.[/i]
- Chuck Foster /// Big Takeover Magazine

Happy holidays to my friends, my family, and my fans...
I wanted to do something special this year... so here's a collection of bootlegs and remixes spanning the last decade of me doing my music thang. It's all for free download in the format of your choice. 2013 is almost here and I can't believe the new year will mark ten years for NR. In 2003, I uploaded my first official track "Crank This Shit Up" under the Neorev alias for an online competition on a fan website for The Prodigy. Now here I am ten years later... still soldiering on... still making the beats. And I'm not stopping anytime soon! I love you all from the bottom of my heart and appreciate all of the support over this last decade. Keep spreading the love and I'll keep making the beats. Hope you all enjoy this little special collection that'll be up for a limited time. Stay safe, be well, and I wish the best for you and yours. New music in 2013

Getting some love at metalectro-music.com...
"Next i have some fresh blood coming on and let me tell you that this one is really rocking and really damn tasty fresh blood and a great freebie too from the NYC based Neorev! Electro indie punk rock kind of feel to it, with the great vocals by It Was July really giving the track a really nice character. I loved it since the very first second i pressed play and i have listened to it a few times since then so i had to post this one and hopefully you will all like it as much as i did."

A glowing review of the NO CONTROL EP by Chuck Foster from The Big Takeover...

Neorev’s Michael Matteo is one tireless individual. Now on the fourth EP generated from his Children of the Bomb franchise, Matteo delivers yet another superb collection of remixes, reboots and brand new tracks guaranteed to drive all cyber knights out of their coffins and into the glowing neon sprawl.

The title track, which first appeared on Neorev’s “Wildfire” EP, finds new life here as a vocal track featuring lyrics written and performed by Susan Morris, aka It Was July, giving the track an Icona Pop vibe. Some exclusive originals follow: the Superstar DJ Keoki-esque ride of “Riptide,” the insistent pulse’n‘thump rave-up of “Vapor Trail,” “Demon Inside”‘s old school jungle/drum’n‘bass whirlwind and the hip-hop/dubstep attack of “Monetary Policy,” which features some heady rapping from Centri. A slew of remixes of the vocal version of “No Control” appear (the frantic industrial drum’n‘bass mix by Noise Generator stands out), as well as a slightly longer version of the original instrumental. Two additional remixes of Neorev favorites “Basshead” and “Proper Funkage” appear to round out the release.

When it comes to electronic dance music, Neorev is really at the top of his game, begging the question, why is he not the hottest producer since Diplo assigned with the task of crafting Top 40 hits to be used in mega-corporate commercials? Who cares? His music stands on its own and is miles ahead of the pop drivel pumped on the radio these days, so jack-in to Neorev’s virtual reality where we all celebrate being children of the bomb.
-Chuck Foster

Let's take a look back at the end of 2011, the beginning to a new era of NR with the release of CHILDREN OF THE BOMB. A darker, bass driven follow up to my debut release Lines & Shapes. I began writing material for it in March of that year, but wasn't until the events of Occupy Wall Street when things really started kicking into gear. It was my sonic portrayal of watching these events unfold on television and it felt like it was an important moment in US history.

"You ever get the feeling that everything in America is completely fucked up," the opening statement of the album, sums up my headspace during this time of writing. It was a very socially-focused album for me, which came through in the darker tone compared to the dance beats of my previous effort. This album was a bit more personal for me. Whether you believed in in the intent of OWS or not, that's not really the point. The album was a representative of my personal experience during this social, political, and volatile time.

The album was a statement, we are all children of the bomb... a world capable of annihilating itself with a push of a button. A society on the brink of exploding into chaos. Almost two years on, this album is still influencing my musical output.

Here's a review by on Big Takeover Magazine when the album was released...

"After a year and a half or so, Neorev, aka Long Island’s Michael Matteo, has returned with a powerhouse sophomore effort designed to give a swift kick to the genitals of electronic dance music.

Where Neorev’s first album, Lines & Shapes, was an engaging, though upbeat, effort aimed at the dance floor, Children of the Bomb is a much darker affair that focuses on the sinister sonics of dubstep. Here, Matteo excels; his fuzzy, wobbling bass attacks with an ominous vengeance that leaves the listener feeling a bit uneasy. This isn’t your pop radio dubstep, this is the sound of empty city streets at night, where rats run rampant and the silhouettes in the shadows are either muggers out to get you or twisted figments of your imagination. These are the dirty, grimy, sleazy sounds of cyberpunk incarnate.

Playing the ONEX & WARPER PARTY tent at FIGMENT NEW YORK this Sunday (tomorrow), June 9th on Governors Island in NYC at 2:30pm. For two days, artists and participants are invited to stretch their own boundaries when they interact with works in every imaginable medium including sculpture, installation, performance, music, workshops, games, experiences, site-specific pieces, social experiments, requests, challenges, guided meditations, performances based on audience input, sculptures that move or respond, heart-stopping technological innovations that change the way we see the world… and any combination thereof. FIGMENT is FREE! As well as free ferries from NYC and Brooklyn.

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Also, my new mix of "WILDFIRE" titled the Reign Of Fire Mix is getting some love on Metalectro-Music.com

I will go on with a track by a name that has only been featured here once before, the USA based Neorev who just recently uploaded this new version of his track “Wildfire” on his Soundcloud page. Call it a VIP version, a rework, an alternative mix, all of these terms apply and are all correct. Neorev himself decided to call it “Reign Of Fire” mix and i can perfectly understand why as well having listened to the original mix as well. A much harder, darker and energized version and definitely an improved one as well imo, in which Neorev took a dubstep track and transformed it into a filthy breakstep/drum & bass baby monster. Rough and noisy i personally quite enjoyed this new version of “Wildfire” and i certainly hope you will enjoy it too! So, here it comes, check it out!

Unfortunately, due to money being a tad tight at the moment since my girlfriend and I focused it all into securing into a new place... I will not be performing at the 2013 electro-music Festival. The previous sentence saddened me to type and I'm so gutted that I had to pull out. If EM2013 fell on a week or 2 later, we probably could have worked something out. But the event just falls on a bad time of the month for us when bills and rent are due. Sorry guys and girls, I plan on returning for EM2014 good and proper with a completely fresh set.

So after this musical silence lately, how about some frigging NR news...
I know it's been quiet in the world of NEOREV with my recent move to a new place taking much of my focus away for music this last month or so. But I was sporadically working on new things here and there as well as finishing up projects that I was in the middle of before the move.

So here we go...

Got a couple of tracks that I've been working on with Susan Wintruba a.k.a. IT WAS JULY... one for my upcoming release and one for her upcoming release. You may remember Susan with her amazing vocal contribution on my last release, the "No Control EP."

Well, Susan returns in full gear on another blistering electronic pop-rock track called "Rollercoaster."

I remember us chatting online and asking each other, "How the hell do we top No Control?" We wanted to continue that fun and edgy vibe without regurgitating the same crap. And we feel that we definitely took it up another notch. What makes this track a step forward rather than standing in the same place is that... well, it's just so damn fun and bouncy.

We got a couple of things brewing that will reveal themselves over time... but let's dive into Susan's solo project IT WAS JULY's world for a bit...

She recently released the lead single "Mean" to promote her forthcoming album "Erratic." The single features remixes by Brainkiller/Music Playground's own AQUILA and new to our little gang of producers EQAVOX.

Her upcoming release will feature the bonus track called "The Switch," which is a full on musical collaboration between Susan and myself rather than just her lending her voice. I'm also working on a remix of one of her album tracks for a future release, but shhhh... it's a secret.

I got a couple of upcoming shows helping out my boy CENTRI, a rapper from Brooklyn, with his live performance. You may know him from his vocal contributions on the tracks "Prune Juice" from the "Wildfire EP" and "Monetary Policy" from the "No Control EP." This won't be the first time we have performed together live. He's joined me on stage at a few NR shows to rock some of our collabs live and the response was great.

CENTRI and I met through a mutual friend/fellow rapper about two years ago and we instantly hit it off like we were old friends... and creatively and musically, the music just flowed out. Since then we've been working on a bunch of tunes that we plan to spread across each other's releases. And while some tracks will show up here and there on our individual solo projects, behind the scenes we are cooking up a joint project that we like to call BLACK LUNG.CENTRI has a forthcoming solo album featuring some of our collabs as well as my own forthcoming release. After that, we plan to focus our energies on BLACK LUNG and kick off with a proper EP.

So yeah, lots of things going on in the world of NEOREV while it seems like nothing is going on

Lots of projects besides NR beats. Collaborating has been really fun and re-ignited my enthusiasm musically and creatively. I feel my own production has benefited from working with outsiders with their own styles and methods rather than sticking it out alone in the claustrophobic world of NEOREV. As 2013 progresses, these projects will reveal themselves and take us into the year 2014.

While I finish up the next NR EP that will start a whole new era leading up to my follow up album to Children Of The Bomb, I made the "Wildfire (Reign Of Fire Mix)" available for download on the official NR Bandcamp page. This special mini-release is also backed by SUBROX's remix of "No Control" featuring vocals by IT WAS JULY and my remix of industrial rap duo ARGOTEC's track "Chip Away."

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